Job Title: Vice President, Compliance
FLSA Status: Exempt, Salaried
Location: New York, NY
Worksite Status: Hybrid
What the role looks like Beam Living is seeking a Vice President of Compliance ("VPC") to design, build, and lead an enterprise compliance program across its New York City residential portfolio, strengthening governance, improving coordination across functions, and integrating compliance into operational planning and decision making.
The VPC will report to the Executive Vice President, Head of Legal and Administration, and will establish and lead the compliance function, including its governance framework, operating model, policies, training, monitoring, investigations, reporting, and talent strategy. The VPC will have authority to require remediation, to advise on and where appropriate, pause non-compliant initiatives, and to escalate significant matters directly to senior leadership.
The VPC will lead a team of compliance professionals supporting Beam's core operating functions, including Leasing, Operations, Design and Construction, and Technology. The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge of New York City residential housing law and regulation, including rent stabilization and affordable housing requirements, together with the executive presence and judgment to lead an effective program in a complex operating environment.
What you will do Program Leadership and Governance- Design, implement, and continuously improve Beam's enterprise compliance program, including strategy, governance standards, policies, reporting, and annual priorities aligned with business objectives.
- Integrate compliance into operational planning, major initiatives, technology implementations, resident programs, and capital projects.
- Advise senior leadership on significant compliance risks, regulatory developments, and program performance, and support governance forums with appropriate escalation.
- Coordinate periodic independent assessments and benchmark the program against recognized practices.
New York City Housing Compliance- Provide enterprise leadership on New York City residential housing laws and regulations, including rent stabilization, affordable housing, fair housing, reasonable accommodations, resident protections, and leasing requirements.
- Partner with Legal, Leasing, and Operations to standardize practices for regulated leasing, renewals, registrations, certifications, notices, resident communications, and documentation, and translate agency guidance and enforcement developments into operational requirements.
- Coordinate responses to regulatory inquiries, agency reviews, audits, and corrective actions, and maintain relationships with housing agencies, regulators, auditors, and external advisors.
Team Leadership and Business Partnership- Recruit, lead, coach, and develop compliance professionals, setting clear responsibilities, performance expectations, and development plans.
- Build strong relationships across Leasing, Operations, Design and Construction, Technology, Legal, and senior leadership, serving as a credible advisor who helps teams identify and manage risk.
- Maintain a visible presence across Beam's portfolio and engage directly with property and functional teams.
Risk, Monitoring, Investigations, and Training- Maintain enterprise policies, playbooks, and an inventory of material regulatory obligations, owners, controls, and deadlines.
- Conduct risk assessments and risk-based monitoring, establish compliance metrics and executive reporting, and track findings, corrective actions, and repeat issues.
- Establish consistent processes to receive, investigate, escalate, and resolve concerns, partnering with Legal on sensitive matters and reinforcing confidentiality and non-retaliation.
- Deliver onboarding, executive education, and role-based training on rent stabilization, affordable housing, fair housing, and other material topics, and measure and update programming over time.
- Set compliance expectations for contractors, vendors, and other third parties.
Who you are - Entrepreneurial and comfortable operating in a fast moving, operationally focused environment.
- Strategic thinker attentive to execution and operational detail.
- Collaborative business partner who uses compliance to help teams make better decisions.
- Credible executive presence able to influence through clarity, judgment, and constructive challenge rather than positional authority alone.
- Skilled coach and talent developer.
- High integrity professional with discretion, prepared to raise and escalate difficult issues.
- Authentic, humble, and service oriented, with passion for Beam's culture, residents, and communities.
Your skills and experience - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; a Juris Doctor, master's degree, or relevant compliance, housing, or audit credential is preferred.
- Approximately 10 or more years of progressive experience in compliance, housing regulation, legal, audit, risk management, or residential operations.
- Significant knowledge of New York City residential housing law, including rent stabilization and affordable housing program requirements as applied to leasing, renewals, rents, registrations, certifications, notices, reporting, and recordkeeping.
- Experience in multifamily housing, regulated residential real estate, or a similarly complex operating environment is strongly preferred, including experience within an owner, operator, property manager, regulatory agency, law firm, or consulting firm.
- Demonstrated success building or materially improving a compliance, legal, audit, or governance program, and the ability to advise and influence executives.
- Experience recruiting and developing professionals, strong written and analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, scalable solutions.
- Knowledge of New York City design and construction compliance, including permitting, building codes, accessibility, and safety, is preferred.
What we offer Base Salary: $220,000 - $290,000
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience & location.
A full slate of benefits:
- Family care benefits like parental leave, adoption assistance and fertility reimbursement.
- Personalized development programs with our dedicated L&D team.
- 401(k) plans and matching (with no vesting period), life and AD&D benefits, ID theft coverage, financial planning and legal advice, will creation, and tax prep assistance.
- A range of medical, dental and vision plans (of course)
- Short/long term disability, flexible/health savings accounts and commuter benefits.
- Mental and emotional support services like ginger and Headspace, which provide access to guided workouts, meditations, music and more.
